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1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
by (Editor: Rae Spencer-Jones) (Preface: Elizabeth Scholtz)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (2007-02-01)
ISBN: 0764160052
EAN: 9780764160059
Dewey Decimal #: 712
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 960 pages
SKU: 102309-0838
Condition: New
Comments: 0764160052 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Garden lovers and discriminating travelers will relish this armchair tour of the most beautiful and interesting gardens around the world. Succinct descriptions with stunning color photos showcase the creations of the world's outstanding landscape gardeners, architects, and garden designers. From Spain's famous gardens of the Moorish Alhambra at Granada to San Diego's Healing Garden, created for patients at the San Diego Children's Hospital, this lavishly illustrated guide will delight both lovers of natural beauty and hands-on gardeners. Among the many gardens pictured and described in this beautiful volume are--
In the United States and Canada: Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Boscobel in New York's Hudson Valley, Williamsburg Gardens in Virginia, Magnolia Plantation and its Gardens near Charleston, South Carolina, Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Wisconsin, the Toronto Botanical Garden, Pacific Undersea Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia, and many more. . . In England: The Japanese Garden in London's Holland Park, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, Shakespeare's Garden in Stratford, London's Victoria and Albert Museum Gardens, and many more. . . In France: The Gardens of Versailles outside Paris, the Garden of Claude Monet at Giverney, Chateau de Vauville in Cherbourg, and many more. . . The rest of the world: Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy, Potsdam Gardens near Berlin, Germany, the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, Japan, and hundreds more.
In addition to photos and a textual description, each entry cites special features such as fountains and architecture, the garden's size in acres, and the names of the garden's designers. The garden descriptions are organized geographically by country. More than 800 breathtaking color photos and illustrations.
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Customer Reviews
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Observation of this series of books
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-06-21
I read a few reviews of one of the books in this series(natural wonders) and it mentioned the disproportionate number of locations in the European region. So I decided to look at the Table of Contents of some of the other books as well. I can't believe that the few books that I did check, AT LEAST 2/3 of the books are dedicated to this small region! As the reviewer stated, the writer/publisher seems to be entirely too biased. I certainly hope they come out with a less biased version in the future. Otherwise seems like a great idea for a series.
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Perfect gift for Mother-in-Law AND my boss
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-01-21
Wow,
Where can you ever find a Christmas gift for BOTH your Mother-in-Law AND your boss? Both ladies absolutely loved this book & it arrived promptly as promised. Both have called me twice since the gift was given to tell me where they want to go next after reading about the gardens.
Oh, if there were only a sequel for next year!
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Go figure ....
Rating  (2)
Date: 2010-01-08
I'm quite surprised that no earlier reviews mention the fact that this is a very unfortunately organized book! Unlike the "Garden Lovers Guide to ...." series, no introductory annotated maps! There is a Garden Names Index which is useful only if you already know the name of the garden you'd like to learn about! (In which case you probably wouldn't need this book!) You can start looking at European gardens, for instance, (as noted in the Contents) on page 136. As you begin to flip through the section, you'll find a few gardens in Russia, followed by one in Norway, one in Finland and then some in Sweden. If you want to find gardens in France or Germany, keep flipping, keep flipping, keep flipping.... through 220 pages on England .... Altogether more than 600 pages, unindexed, of European gardens.
With locator maps and a region-by-region index, this book might have been useful. To be truly useful, it would have included contact information for the garden visitor.
Unfortunately, it has none of the above. The book's editors must have all been asleep when this one came across the desk!
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Wonderful!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-06-29
I purchased this book for a friend who loves gardening and she adored it. Not only is this book filled with wonderful color photos, but the photos are accompanied by well written descriptions of the gardens. My friend was very pleased as was I.
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gardens!!! how can one decide
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-06-18
this book gives VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD'S GREAT GARDENS. SINCE I HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR INFORMAL FLORAL GARDENS IT HELPED ME DECIDE WHICH WERE FOR ME
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